Leonard Rubins - VERY SHORT BIOGRAPHY

 

rubinsBorn in Slovenia many years ago, I lived and dream in a small village for 20 years near Austrian border.

In my youth I start to explore my imagination and art skills. After finishing primary school my family moved to the city of Maribor. Later I moved to Slovene capital city Ljubljana, where I finished Graphic art school and
specialized in Color photo manipulation and Lithography.

After a promising and chaotic career in field of alternative music, I began to work in the Publishing house Vecer and simultaneously worked as a graphic designer. Using Air-brush and mixed techniques I created covers for few books and magazines. My big passion besides painting was (and still is) also bicycle touring, mountaineering and dreaming about French Polynesia.

Discovering computer and it's fantastic possibilities, as a big help for realizing my imagination.
At present I've painting mainly with the help of a computer software using Wacom tools.

I am married for a second time-only and average father to four beautiful boys. We live in the region near Slovenian Alps.
Together with my second wife we established an Art studio where we have created many Post stamps for Slovenian Post, web designs, layouts, and ilustrations for different customers around Slovenia.(details here...)

CURRICULUM

I created some important Post stamps for Slovenian post.(Saint A.M. Slomšek(1999); New Millennium(2000); Europe(2002...)
My works are in collections of web art portals ( IACG, MOCA...) Regarding my web site, many downloads have been made from different enthusiasts all over the world in purpose of their aesthetic pleasure.
In our Art studio I also create web pages, layouts and book covers from my artworks for different customers around Slovenia.

SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS

The Critical Mass Award(web design)
Golden web award winner (web design)
Pixxelpoint-international computer art festival-special award (computer art)
Registered is some of the World's major computer data bases: Austrian Art asociation
Absolute arts
, Art wanted, MOCA(virtual museum of computer art), IACG(International asociation of computer graphic)

Awards - recognitions (details)

EXIBITIONS

Independent art exhibitions:
Location:
Group exhibitions:
   
1980 Gallery AVLA Maribor - Slovenia -Yu  
1987 Gallery Betnava Maribor - Slovenia -Yu  

1984

1987

Member of international art&electronic music group
Abbildungen Variete
Exhibitions and concert in former Yugoslavia
Abbildungen Variete
1988 East meet West Belgrade - Yu  
1992 Gallery A-bank Maribor - Slovenia  
1995 Gallery MKC Maribor - Slovenia Computer Art festival
1996 Gallery MKC Maribor - Slovenia Computer Art festival
1997 Gallery Rotovž Maribor - Slovenia Computer Art festival
Gallery RIEMER Sl.Konjice - Slovenia  
Gallery of Technical University Maribor - Slovenia  
1998 Maribor Art Gallery Maribor - Slovenia Computer Art festival
Gallery MKC-Velenje Velenje - Slovenia  
Gallery Večer Maribor - Slovenia  
1999 Gallery OK-Open Circle Rijeka - Croatia  
Gallery Union Maribor - Slovenia  
2000 Kibla-Homosapiens Maribor - Slovenia  
Maribor Art Gallery Maribor - Slovenia American Dreams
2001 Pixxel Point-Gallery Nova Gorica - Slovenia Int.Computer Art festival
2002 Pixxel Point-Gallery Nova Gorica - Slovenia Int.Computer Art festival
2003 Pixxel Point-Gallery Nova Gorica - Slovenia Int.Computer Art festival
 
   
2005 Eurocenter Ljubljana - Slovenia Manhattan N. Y.
The Consulate of Slo in USA New York - USA Manhattan N. Y.
2006 Kerubin - Gallery Izola - Slovenia Chairs